Removable head-rest for car-seats



(No Model.)

W. HILL.

REMOVABLE HEAD BEST FOR GAR SEATS.

No. 415.326. Patented Nov. 19, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IVARREN HILL, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

REMOVABLE HEAD-REST FOR CAR-SEATS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,326, dated November 19, 1889.

Application filed May 4, 1889. Serial No. 309,639. (No model.)

To all whom it may c07wcrn:

Be it known that I, ARREN HILL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Minneapolis, county of Hennepin, State of Minnesota, have invented a certain new and useful Removable Head-Rest for Car-Seats, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention has for its obj ect to provide a removable and portable head-rest of simple construction adapted for application to a carseat or other object, and which can be folded into compact fornf for storage and shipment. To this end, on a common shaft provided with seats adapted to restover the top of the carseat I mount a spring-clamp for securing the same thereto and a pair of adjustable springstandards at its opposite extremities, and on these standards a flexible hammock for receiving the weight of the head. The standards are made removable from the supporting shaft or frame and the hammock is detachable from the standards. The whole device can be therefore knocked down and packed into a small compass, convenient for carrying the same in an ordinary grip.

The device is especially designed for use by travelers, to be applied to car-seat, but may be applied to a common chair or other seats having backs.

I11 the accompanying drawings, wherein like letters refer to like parts throughout, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device in position on a back of the car-seat. Fig. 2 is a front view of the same detached, with the hammock removed. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the hammock detached.

A represents a part of a common car-seat.

B is the supporting-shaft or main frame of the device.

O are a pair of curved arms of different lengths, or concave seats rigidly secured to the shaft B and adapted to rest over the top of the car-seat. These arms are preferably metallic castings secured in any suitable way to the shaft or body B, as by set-screws I). They might, however, be formed integral with the shaft or main frame.

D are adjustable hammock supporting standards secured in any suitable way in the casting O. Each casting is provided with a perforated lug or offset portion g, which is preferably threaded, although it may be plain, and the standards D have stems, which may be either plain or threaded, engaging therewith, and for greater security set-screws (1,

working through transverse holes in the casti ng, may be employed to lock the standards at any desired point. The standards are curved outward above their stems, and are made of spring metal, so that they will yield under the weight of the individuals head. Their upper extremities are provided with right-angled extensions (1, provided with eyes c",.adapted for the attachment of the hammock.

E is the hammock, composed of suitable flexible material such as common netting having hooks c, adapted to engage with the eyes of extensions 01 of the standards D.

F is the clamp, which is in the form of a coiled spring, encircling the shaftB at its central portion and having enlarged loops f at its extremities adapted to engage with the front and back of the seat.

The arms of the casting or support 0 and the ends of the two-part spring-clamp F are of different lengths and degrees of curvature for the more perfect fitting of the device to a car-seat.

The operation and use of the invention is evident from the description already given.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letseat, and with a laterally-projecting lug having a screw-threaded perforation, in combination with standards having threaded stems adjustable in said lugs, and bearing devices for securing a head-support, substantially as described.

3. A frame having rigidly secured to each extremity a casting provided at one end with curved arms and at the other with a project ing perforated lug, curved arms of spring metal adjustably secured in the lugs, and a hammock detachably connected to said arms, substantially as described.

4. In combination With the supportingframe, standards adjustably secured thereto and provided at their upper ends with inclined right-angled extensions having hooks,

and a hammock With eyes connected to said.

hooks, substantially as set forth.

5. In combination with the frame 13, carrying arms O, and laterally-projecting lugs having screw-threaded perforations, the standards D of spring metal, each havinga threaded IVARREN HILL.

In presence of- .TAs. F. WVILLIAMsoN, EMMA F. ELMORE. 

